Section 1806 Of Chapter 1. Construction And Maintenance From California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 2.5. >> Chapter 1.
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. (a) No city shall be held liable for failure to maintain any
road until it has been accepted into the city street system in
accordance with subdivision (b) or (c).
(b) Except as provided by Section 989, or by Section 57329 or
57385 of the Government Code, no public or private street or road
shall become a city street or road until the governing body, by
resolution, has caused the street or road to be accepted into the
city street system.
(c) In lieu of the procedure set forth in subdivision (b), the
governing body of a city may, by ordinance, designate a city officer
to accept, on behalf of the governing body, streets and roads or
portions thereof, into the city street system and to record
conveyances to the city of real property interests for street and
road uses and purposes. The designee shall, prior to recording any
conveyance under this section, affix a certificate to the instrument
stating the acceptance into the city street system and designating
the name or number, or both, of the city street or road.